A 44-year-old Auburn man was accused of driving drunk after a head-on collision injured three high school students in Exeter, police said.

A 44-year-old Auburn man was accused of driving drunk after a head-on collision injured three high school students in Exeter, police said.

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Updated: 9:03 PM EDT Sep 26, 2015

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WEBVTT MIKE CRONIN JOINS US LIVE FROM EXETER WITH THE DETAILS. MIKE: STEPHANIE, THE THREE GIRLS ARE CLASSMATES AT EXETER HIGH SCHOOL. TWO OF THEM WERE TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. ONE REMAINS WITH SERIOUS INJURIES. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 10:00 FRIDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY DANIEL RAINVILLE CROSSED TO THE SOLID YELLOW LINE AND CRASHED INTO THE CAR BEING DRIVEN BY THE TEENS. FIRST RESPONDERS HAD TO USE THE JAWS OF LIFE TO REMOVE HIM FROM HIS CAR. HE HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH DWI. POLICE SAY THEY CONFISCATED DRUGS FROM HIS CAR. HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED FOR THAT YET. THE THREE GIRLS WERE WEARING SEATBELTS. WITNESSES IT WAS A TRAUMATIC SCENE. IT WAS AWFUL. THEY WERE SENIORS IN HIGH SCHOOL. MY SON IS A SENIOR. THEY ARE IN THE SAME CLASS AT EXETER HIGH SCHOOL. BASED ON THE OBSERVATIONS, THE VEHICLES WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED. I'M SURE WEARING SEATBELTS HELPED EVERYBODY. MIKE: RAINVILLE WAS RELEASED ON PERSONAL RECOGNIZANCE AND POLICE TELL US THE GIRL IN THE HOSPITAL UNDERWENT SURGERY THIS MORNING.

Exeter teens injured in drunken driving crash, police say

A 44-year-old Auburn man was accused of driving drunk after a head-on collision injured three high school students in Exeter, police said.